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Category: Divestment
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Net Zero Needs Fossil Fuel Divestment
By Jaydee Hanson The United Methodist Church cannot meet its net zero goals unless it diversifies from investments in fossil fuels. The net zero goals are targets that all of the agencies of the church and our bishops agreed to meet by 2050. This means that all of our activities as the church at a
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A Theological Reflection on Divestment from Fossil Fuels
by The Reverend Pat Watkins God told Adam to “till and keep” the garden, the first vocational call laid upon humanity that we know of. God asked Noah to preserve all the animals that God had made, a uniquely human task of preserving God’s creation. The covenant that God made with Noah and family also
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It’s Time to Phase Out Fossil Fuels!
It’s time to phase out fossil fuels! In this decade. Not just from our investments. I mean it’s time for us to start significantly reducing and phasing out fossil fuels now. I know this sounds almost impossible, but this is the what science is telling us. Consider the recently released 2024 State of the Climate
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The Last Beneficiary
As we move forward with Fossil Free UMC, I rejoice that a young seminary student named Spenser Ross is inspired and ready to put some time into these efforts. He and I met in June at the California-Nevada Annual Conference when I spoke with the Young Adult Delegation, and again during the plenary when Spenser
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Vote Climate and Divest from Fossil Fuels
As published in United Methodist Insight. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Ephesians 6:12 (NIV) During this election season, those of us who continue to work toward fossil fuel
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Fossil Fuels and Climate: Counting the Cost
Fossil Fuels and Climate: Counting the Cost “For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and estimate the cost, to see whether he has enough to complete it?” Luke 14:28 When Jesus spoke these words, he was using the scenario of building a tower to illustrate the cost of
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Cal-Nevada to Host Summit on Fossil Fuel Divestment
“Investing in new fossil fuel infrastructure is moral and economic madness. Such investments will soon be stranded assets — a blot on the landscape and a blight on investment portfolios.” UN Secretary-General, António Guterres California-Nevada passed a recommendation submitted by the Climate Justice Ministries Task Force at the June Annual Conference Session to identify and
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Creation Justice Breaking Through! General Conference Wrap Up from Fossil Free UMC
We have a lot to celebrate from General Conference this year with huge steps forward to address climate justice, environmental urgency and netzero. We are breaking through! Fossil Free UMC has a renewed mandate, next steps, and new partners for faithful and revitalizing climate action in the United Methodist Church. There was good to be
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